Like a phoenix: Portraits in perseverance

CaptionTatyana McFadden

Sarah Pastrana, Patuxent Publishing

Tatyana McFadden was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and spent the first six years of her life in an orphanage. Due to a birth defect called spina bifida, she does not have the use of her legs and the orphanage did not provide her with a wheelchair. After her adoption by Clarksville resident...

Tatyana McFadden was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and spent the first six years of her life in an orphanage. Due to a birth defect called spina bifida, she does not have the use of her legs and the orphanage did not provide her with a wheelchair. After her adoption by Clarksville resident... (Sarah Pastrana, Patuxent Publishing)

Laura Neuman, CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority, is a survivor of rape who founded the Laura Neuman Foundation to help support the legal and emotional battles that rape victims face.

Laura Neuman, CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority, is a survivor of rape who founded the Laura Neuman Foundation to help support the legal and emotional battles that rape victims face. (Sarah Pastrana, Patuxent Publishing)

Laura Neuman, CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority, talks with Barry Curtis, president of Best Fence, left, and Dwayne Robinson, president of Vision Systems + Technology Inc., during a reception at Historic Oakland in Columbia.

Laura Neuman, CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority, talks with Barry Curtis, president of Best Fence, left, and Dwayne Robinson, president of Vision Systems + Technology Inc., during a reception at Historic Oakland in Columbia. (Jen Rynda, Patuxent Publishing)